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Johnie 's Express Grill
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 3, 2015
- address4521 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago 60640
Is Johnie 's Express Grill clean?
Johnie 's Express Grill is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 3, 2015. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Johnie 's Express Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 3, 2015, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Source Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINTATION NOT CONTROLLED. OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PLACING RAW SLABS OF RIBS ON THE GRILL WITH NO GLOVES, THEN GRABBING A PLASTIC CUP STORED INSIDE OF THE GARLIC SEASONING TO SEASON THE RIBS, AND THEN PLACING THE PLASTIC CUP USED TO SEASON THE RIBS BACK INTO THE CONTAINER WITHOUT EVER WASHING HANDS, CONTAMINATING THE WHOLE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO USE A HANDLED SCOOP STORED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER BETWEEN USE, TO DISPENSE DRY FOODS LIKE SEASONINGS. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED A SMALL QUANTITY OF GARLIC SEASONING. INFORMATION ON HANDWASHING PROVIDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005AcriticalSource Of Cross Contamination Controlled I.E. Cutting Boards, Food Handlers, Utensils, Etc • SOURCE OF CROSS CONTAMINTATION NOT CONTROLLED. OBSERVED EMPLOYEE PLACING RAW SLABS OF RIBS ON THE GRILL WITH NO GLOVES, THEN GRABBING A PLASTIC CUP STORED INSIDE OF THE GARLIC SEASONING TO SEASON THE RIBS, AND THEN PLACING THE PLASTIC CUP USED TO SEASON THE RIBS BACK INTO THE CONTAINER WITHOUT EVER WASHING HANDS, CONTAMINATING THE WHOLE CONTAINER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO USE A HANDLED SCOOP STORED OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER BETWEEN USE, TO DISPENSE DRY FOODS LIKE SEASONINGS. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED A SMALL QUANTITY OF GARLIC SEASONING. INFORMATION ON HANDWASHING PROVIDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
- 🪳pests in the houseVentilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained • EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE KITCHEN IS LEAKING FROM THE FAUCET HEAD AND IS ALSO SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CONTACT A PLUMBER TO REPAIR SINK.
When was Johnie 's Express Grill last inspected?
Johnie 's Express Grill has 5 inspections on record going back to December 18, 2013.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2016 | closed by the city | |
| February 3, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2014 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2014 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2013 | Pass |
Johnie 's Express Grill vs Uptown
Uptown runs 62% clean across 725 tracked restaurants — 446 clean, 137 mid, 137 cooked.
Against the 725 spots Cooked tracks in Uptown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated February 3, 2015. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.